1894 Northwestern Purple football team

1894 Northwestern Purple football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–5
Head coach	A. A. Ewing (1st season)
Captain	Jon Oberne

1894 Midwestern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Western Reserve			–					7	–	0	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural			–					2	–	0	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace			–					1	–	0	–	0
Buchtel			–					1	–	0	–	0
Michigan			–					9	–	1	–	1
Iowa Agricultural			–					5	–	1	–	0
College Of Emporia			–					4	–	1	–	0
Minnesota			–					3	–	1	–	0
Washburn			–					3	–	1	–	0
Wittenberg			–					6	–	2	–	0
Doane			–					5	–	2	–	0
Wisconsin			–					5	–	2	–	0
Notre Dame			–					3	–	1	–	1
Beloit			–					6	–	3	–	0
Washington University			–					2	–	1	–	0
Chicago			–					14	–	7	–	1
Ohio State			–					6	–	5	–	0
Case			–					4	–	3	–	0
Illinois			–					4	–	3	–	0
Oberlin			–					4	–	3	–	1
Cincinnati			–					3	–	3	–	0
Drake			–					2	–	2	–	0
Mount Union			–					4	–	5	–	0
Lake Forest			–					3	–	4	–	0
Miami (OH)			–					1	–	2	–	0
Ohio Wesleyan			–					1	–	3	–	0
Rush Medical			–					3	–	6	–	0
Northwestern			–					1	–	5	–	0
Ohio			–					0	–	1	–	0
South Dakota			–					0	–	2	–	0

The 1894 Northwestern Purple team represented Northwestern University during the 1894 college football season. In their first and only year under head coach A. A. Ewing, the Purple compiled a 4–5 record. Three of the victories were mid-week warm-up games against Evanston High School. In three games against major college opponents (Chicago and Illinois), the team lost by a combined total score of 148 to 0.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 6	at Chicago	Marshall Field Chicago	L 0–46
October 11	Evanston High	Evanston, IL	W 14–0
October 13	at Lake Forest	Lake Forest, IL	L 6–24
October 17	Evanston High	Evanston, IL	W 12–0
October 20	Beloit	Evanston, IL	L 6–42
October 24	Evanston High	Evanston, IL	W 22–6
October 26	Lake Forest	Evanston, IL	W 12–8
November 3	at Illinois	Illinois Field Champaign, IL (rivalry)	L 0–66
November 24	Chicago	Evanston, IL	L 0–36